[名词解释]“SPE”猪

[单项选择]Some industrialized countries are unwilling to spend money in reducing pollution.

[单项选择]People have always been both fascinated by the spectacle of volcanic eruptions and terrified of their {{U}}power{{/U}}.
A. magic
B. force
C. display
D. purpose

[单项选择]Speaker A: Sorry about all the inconvenience. Speaker B:（）.
A. OK. With great pleasure
B. Don't worry about it
C. Oh, really That's OK
D. I'm sorry to hear that

[单项选择]Many old people in Britain today feel they are spending their remaining years in luxury because _______.
A. they had a very hard life in the past
B. they had to manage to get away with cheating in their early years
C. they remain as healthy as ever
D. they take pride in the fact that they never cheated

[单项选择]Which of the following is not the principle of speech act theory
A. illocutionary act
B. locutionary act
C. perlocutionary act
D. prelocufionary act

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When bothered by other animals or humans, some species of homed lizards will posture threateningly and squirt blood from their eyes.（）

A. menacingly
B. distrustfully
C. fiercely
D. impudently

[单项选择]In spite of the wide range of reading material specially designed or ______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no effective and systematic program for the reading skills.

[单项选择]Why is the mixed planting of trees of the same species advocated in modern orchards and forests
A. Because mixed forests and orchards are the recognized procedures these days.
B. Because trees of same species may spread disease.
C. Because orchards and forests are modern.
D. Because trees planted crowdedly do not have enough room to develop their roots.

[单项选择]Why is the close planting of trees of the same species avoided in modern orchards and forests
A. Because mixed forests and orchards are the recognized procedures these days.
B. Because trees of same species may cause the spread of disease.
C. Because modern orchards and forests are more specialized.
D. Because trees planted crowdedly do not have enough room to develop their roots.

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Text 2 Across the developed world, health-care spending is rising and will continue to in crease as populations age. As each country feels the financial strain, it is tempting to imagine that there must be a better way of funding medical care elsewhere. In Britain, for example, Bernard Ribeiro, the new president of the Royal College of Surgeons, has called for the National Health Service (NHS) to be financed from social-insurance contributions, as in Germany and France, rather than from general taxation. He worries that a tax-financed system will not deliver enough resources to meet the demand for health-care spending in the longer run. There are indeed good reasons for concern about the way the NHS is financed, for it has allowed the government to pump in too much money too fast. But there is no ideal sys tem for paying for health care. The European social-insurance model is in even more trouble than Britain’s tax-based model. By loading the burden on to employers a
A. explaining a phenomenon.
B. making a contrast.
C. introducing an argument.
D. justifying an assumption.